Elite 11+ shopping and chat thread

vanilla_twist

silvercar wrote: »

Coming to the end of 8 years of having a child at uni. Ask away!



Lol. We have done that - though an apartment rather than chateaux. Problem is that we book it up for renting and end up going elsewhere.



Always remember my mother sending cake in the post. was crumbs by the time it arrived but I didn't have the heart to tell her, so more kept on arriving.

I try to send washing tabs, deodorant, the useful kind of things plus any samples I will not use. Always pop in a couple of mini bottles of wine and facepacks for the girls.
When DD was at uni if I went up the kitchen would be scrubbed within an inch of its life as the lads she shared with looked forward to me cooking a roast for them all. It was nice bonding time with them all and we all know it doesn't cost much.

V x

bubbs

Eyeshadow Palette in 12 Glam Shades down from £1.99 to £0.10 @ B&M
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/eyeshadow-palette-12-glam-shades-down-from-1-99-0-10-b-m-2499631

Savvybuyer

aau1 wrote: »

Irn Bru Extra (a new sugar free version that i've never seen/heard of before) is 75p for 2 litre bottle in Ms

I'd have thought that was a bog-standard offer:). (Sorry:o:o.) :rotfl:Just laughing at myself now - the Barr Tizer 2L (and, if there are any other non-Irn Bru Barrs at M, then those too - always a difficulty when I have just Barr Tizer in my Ms but the label says "Barr 2L offer" - does that mean there are others?:think:) has been going from 75p to 2 for £1.50 to back to 75p again - I'd therefore imagine that a Barr Irn Bru Extra 2L will do the same thing probably simultaneously.

SweetnSavvy

Now that's the kind of womble I like :j. from today.
1 items on your receipt qualify for comparison Asda morrisons
1x ASDA Classic Cauliflower Cheese (400G)£1.50N/A
1x Hessy's Hot Dog Frankfurters (350G)£1.00N/A
1x ASDA 2 Jam Doughnuts (2PK)£1.15N/A
1x ASDA Thick Corned Beef Slices (150G)£2.00N/A
0.18x Loose Onion (order by number of onions or select kg) (PER KG)£0.12N/A
1x ASDA Extra Special West Country Beef Cottage Pie with Ale (400G)£3.00N/A
1x Carling Lager (20X440)£12.00£12.00
1x ASDA Grower's Selection Round Lettuce (EACH)£0.45N/A
Comparison total (compared products only)£12.00 £12.00


It was a bit creased so hope Ipint accept. OH offered to iron it for me
:eek: . I soon put him straight, phew


SnS

Savvybuyer

savvy_sal wrote: »

and A v M for savvy

1x Wall's 8 Thick Pork Sausages (454G) £2.00 £2.00
1x ASDA Grower's Selection Cooked Beetroot (300G) £0.83 N/A
1x ASDA Grower's Selection Baby Gem Hearts (4PK) £1.20 N/A
1x ASDA Low Fat Strawberry Yogurt (6X125G) £0.85 £1.00

1x Sensodyne Whitening Repair & Protect Toothpaste (75ML) £4.00 £4.00
1x Magnum Mini Classic Mint & Dark Ice Creams (6X60ML) £2.00 N/A
1x ASDA Grower's Selection 6 Firm & Juicy Salad Tomatoes (6PK) £0.65 N/A
1x Ryvita Fruit Crunch Crispbread (200G) £1.59 £1.00
1x ASDA Extra Thick Fresh Double Cream (300ML) £0.90 £0.90
1x Kingsmill 50/50 Medium Small Loaf (400G) £0.75 N/A

So they miss the Beetroot and don't even get the 83p that I would have thought the SELs in M would give them (they are supposedly 47p in M until 11th September). This is clearly "Cooked Beetroot 300g" in M. Hopeless!

Any reason why they now fail to pick up the Tomatoes? Therefore now resulting in A no longer being 10% cheaper than M if those had been bought more carefully:(.

SweetnSavvy

Instore shop today
11 items (10 different) on your receipt qualify for comparison Asda Sainsbury's
1x Lurpak Slightly Salted Butter (250G)£1.65£1.00
1x Hartley's Jelly Raspberry Flavour (125G)£0.47£0.25
1x Kettle Chips Sea Salt & Balsamic Vinegar (5X30G)£1.60N/A
1x Hartley's Blackcurrant Flavour Jelly (125G)£0.47£0.25
1x Robinsons No Added Sugar Orange Squash (1LT)£1.49£1.00
1x Pom Bear Original Potato Snacks (7X15G)£1.50£1.00
2x Bahlsen Pick Up! Milk Chocolate Biscuit Bar 5 Pack (5X28G)£2.00£2.00
1x Hartley's Jelly Orange Flavour (125G)£0.47£0.25
1x Kellogg's Rice Krispies Cereal (510G)£2.00£1.40
1x Hartley's Jelly Strawberry Flavour (125G)£0.47£0.25
1x Fixodent Plus Food Seal Denture Adhesive Cream (40G)£3.00£3.00


Dole Pineapple in raspberry jelly trigger in 5 for £2 jellies and Kettle chips above visible trigger in 2 for £2 crisps.


SnS

Savvybuyer

SweetnSavvy wrote: »

Now that's the kind of womble I like :j. from today.
1 items on your receipt qualify for comparison Asda morrisons
1x ASDA Classic Cauliflower Cheese (400G)£1.50N/A
1x Hessy's Hot Dog Frankfurters (350G)£1.00N/A
1x ASDA 2 Jam Doughnuts (2PK)£1.15N/A
1x ASDA Thick Corned Beef Slices (150G)£2.00N/A
0.18x Loose Onion (order by number of onions or select kg) (PER KG)£0.12N/A
1x ASDA Extra Special West Country Beef Cottage Pie with Ale (400G)£3.00N/A
1x Carling Lager (20X440)£12.00£12.00
1x ASDA Grower's Selection Round Lettuce (EACH)£0.45N/A
Comparison total (compared products only)£12.00 £12.00


It was a bit creased so hope Ipint accept. OH offered to iron it for me
:eek: . I soon put him straight, phew


SnS

I'd rather have one where the price collection agency picked up the Round Lettuce in M as A aren't 10% cheaper than M on that either.

EDIT: I know it's a few pence (although pennies eventually add up to pounds) but I think my penchant is for something that is accurate (at least when accuracy would work in our favour).

Sunshinemummy

Evening, hope everyone has been having fabulous glitches

Need to catch up......but think it is impossible!

DS3 has not set up the DD for his debt or board...but he did stump up £1100 to repay me for when he borrowed my credit card!

DS2 temp. job finish on Saturday, he starts another one tomorrow....

DS1.. is on his travels heading over to Cambodia....

I have been MIA due to silly work hours

Snap-ant

Boiler installed tomorrow is 'cleaning the pipes & radiators' which can last from 1 hour to 8 hours :eek: It seems you have to make sure there is no muck any where to contaminate the boiler as it will invalidate the warranty
I might get a bath tomorrow............

Went for lunch with friends & then spent what I thought would be 5 minutes pruning the Mugger Clematis,that turned into 3 hours but at least pedestrians are now safe

Arthien

Following on from the house-buying posts, could anyone explain how porting a mortgage works when buying a more expensive house? I've read loads of articles and I'm just finding it incredibly confusing! We've got a mortgage meeting next month and I'd like to go there with a good idea of what I'm talking about, or at least a good impression of it